Why IT Matters to Higher Education
- The Changing Landscape of Higher Education
- Open Governance in Higher Education: Extending the Past to the Future
- The Need for Student Social Media Policies
- National-Scale Solutions
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Latest issue of EDUCAUSE Review is available
EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 46, no. 1, 2011
Why IT Matters to Higher Education
Why IT Matters to Higher Education
NY Times article on Google search optimization
The Dirty Little Secrets of Search, by David Segal (Feb. 12, 2011)
"...the Google search, often represents layer upon layer of intrigue. And the intrigue starts in the sprawling, subterranean world of “black hat” optimization, the dark art of raising the profile of a Web site with methods that Google considers tantamount to cheating."
"...the Google search, often represents layer upon layer of intrigue. And the intrigue starts in the sprawling, subterranean world of “black hat” optimization, the dark art of raising the profile of a Web site with methods that Google considers tantamount to cheating."
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Our new website!
We've upgraded our website to help you find the information you are looking for faster, and more easily.
The exciting new addition is Summon, a single search box through which you can search most of our online tools at once. In one search you can explore EBSCO, Proquest, Sage, Emerald Journals, our book collection and more. Results are ranked by relevance and you can filter your results using menus on the left side of the page.
The Books tab allows for a quick and simple search of the RRU Library catalogue. For more advanced searching, you can click on the Advanced Search link.
The Journals by Title tab is our new label for Search RRU Journal List.
The Article Databases tab is our new label for Search for Articles. This is where you directly access EBSCO, or any of our other databases.
In addition to the new multipurpose central search box, we have also made our Resources by Program much more prominent.
Please let us know if you have any questions or comments by contacting us. We look forward to hearing from you!
The exciting new addition is Summon, a single search box through which you can search most of our online tools at once. In one search you can explore EBSCO, Proquest, Sage, Emerald Journals, our book collection and more. Results are ranked by relevance and you can filter your results using menus on the left side of the page.
The Books tab allows for a quick and simple search of the RRU Library catalogue. For more advanced searching, you can click on the Advanced Search link.
The Journals by Title tab is our new label for Search RRU Journal List.
The Article Databases tab is our new label for Search for Articles. This is where you directly access EBSCO, or any of our other databases.
In addition to the new multipurpose central search box, we have also made our Resources by Program much more prominent.
Please let us know if you have any questions or comments by contacting us. We look forward to hearing from you!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Emerging Technologies for Higher Education in 2011
The 2011 Horizon Report has named these emerging technologies as key trends for higher education:
- electronic books
- mobile technologies
- augmented reality
- game-based learning
- gesture-based computing
- learning analytics.
Find the full report here.
How do I cite a book on my Kindle?
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: E-Books' Varied Formats Make Citations a Mess for Scholars
"The trouble is that in electronic formats, there are no fixed pages. The Kindle, developed by Amazon, does away with page numbers entirely. Along with other e-book readers, the Kindle allows users to change font style and size, so the number of words on a screen can vary. Instead of pages, it uses "location numbers" that relate to a specific part of a book."
Theresa Bell in the RRU Writing Centre can help with any citation questions.
"The trouble is that in electronic formats, there are no fixed pages. The Kindle, developed by Amazon, does away with page numbers entirely. Along with other e-book readers, the Kindle allows users to change font style and size, so the number of words on a screen can vary. Instead of pages, it uses "location numbers" that relate to a specific part of a book."
Theresa Bell in the RRU Writing Centre can help with any citation questions.
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